Liquid infant food in marketable dispensers



Feb. 17, 1953 J. J. HORAN V LIQUID INFANT FOOD IN MARKETABLE DISPENSERS Filed Sept. 5, 1947 '2 SHEETSSHEET l INVEN TOR.

Feb. 17, 1953 J. J. HORAN 2,628,908

LIQUID INFANT FOOD IN MARKETABLE DISPENSERS Filed Sept. 5, 1947 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 Fla. /0.

" INVENTOR.

Patented Feb. 17, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OF F ICE 2,628,908 tiegmalureur F 1N DISPENSERS John J. Horan, Detroit, Mich. Aefi icatin5e e1nbe1- 5 947, S iia Na 772,334

. Claims.

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thefiue' assembly operations on the package.

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v Th ord fde trueti defamat on as used herein, signify any distort aring, rupture, change of surface adhesileg ities breaking, or other damage to m part oils-blond pr u ctu between parts resulting from separationof components after {the ackage been fi ed an cl sed It is understood that theseparation is accomplis ed ouipkl y hand e -b s mu e d rect mea uch as kni e .eomf n v4 19snet, o my too and it is not meant to lmply' that separation with: outdestruu veldei rma onrifi im oss l if. spe tools orextra preca ti ns..notius fiab e e no ical .by th salva e value o the r should be employed. 7

Us of: the words"fiirreolaeeableiand irreplacee ably issimila l l mi e The wor s fcei eufl m pnor to the 'con- '2 pressure to cause softening, melting or flowing of contacting surfaces in su 'cha manner that abond is created; which bond resists separation of the surfaces so cemented andleakag between them.

The prior art reveals many types of commercial containers adaptable to low 'ost manufaeture in large quantities andca pab le of carrying solids, semi-solids and iiquids,- "The priorart also reveals many-types of nursing ottles, some ofwhieh are well suited for home; cleaning; sterilizing and refilling. d

However, the rneans disclosed in the prior art render it n essar -i9 5 h ndi d l c 'nsu e h m u liy des res t fe d h bebi M i, sanitary conditions, toperiorin one ormor'e of the following operations: 1) sterilizing rnixing utensils, b t le ipp es ad p ers eh rfith devices-j (2) eighing or measuring, and mixing powders, pastes, liquids with measured arnounts of liquids; (3-) steriliz'ingliduid infant food} (4;) transfer-rin compounded food to bottleswhich must be presteriiized or sterilized afterwards by boiling the food in them. Inf-ants are sometimes fed raw milk or milk which has been pasteurized but is seldomgerm free. Such milk is improper- 1y balancednutritionally for g ost infants; so they are thus exposed to the dangers f-infection and malnutrition. If the milk is boiled by-ordinary means to sterilize it, its nutritional value is further redueed.

The means now-provided by the prior art for administering products other than mother's milk to infants now give rise to thefollowing hazards amon ethers: ('1) dangerlof' lack of sterilization or of impropersterilization oftheseontainer, the ni leorother accessories; "20 dan er of lack f sterilization tor the i ed or of. its n red e ts; 3) da-hee ef 119.5 o sterility oi t .yf qe dat n ompoundin (14 vduos .oyemoolsiue and e: stroying the food value in order nsu-reste i:- a ion; "(15.) delieereriuaeeutat lyeesu r uei cemwunding he feed .9 o genitive cu at its ingredients; 46) danger th'at the. consumer may tend toicompouud th ,ieodin ov r laree 911% times in.-order to reduoeithe vireeluency of makin up batches of liquid infant fqod, 'ithussubiecting it to spoilage; (7) waste of atimeand f-qodinvoived in making up small 'batches; and (18) danger of. contaminationnduring vor subsequent to preparation, owing to use pf inadeguate equ p-- ment.

3 dirt the (2) enclosed container, which is similar to commercial containers commonly utilized in the packaging of solid and semi-solid foods except for special features which are part of this invention; (3) a supply of pure liquid infant food in the container; (4) a nipple fitted to the mouth of the container, preferably folded to conserve overall height and accessible only when the (5) sealing means, which may be included in the above removable outer covering, has been removed; (6) a vent for replacing withdrawn food by air, the vent preferably inoperative until sealing means is removed; ('7) a removable pin through the feeding orifice of the nipple or other temporary orifice closure to insure against flooding of the space between the sealing means and the nipple and to insure that the orifice will not be plugged or blocked by coagulated food (8) a support for suspending the container in order to permit unattended feeding of infants too young I to hold the container; (9) graduations to indicate the amount of food remaining at any time.

Upon opening of these packages, the container and nipple assemblies thereby removable require no supports, brackets, holders, or other apparatus, and by themselves serve as complete nursing bottles.

This invention eliminates the present necessity for home compounding, diluting, and sterilizing of various ingredients to make food and eliminates also the laborious, time consuming and uncertainly safe home methods of cleaning and resterilizing bottles, holders, accessories, mixing spoons, utensils, etc., presently required. This invention leaves the consumer with only the duties of opening the package and warming the food to feeding temperature.

Certain practices are adapted from associated prior arts, such as: the use of graduations, presently found in various types of containers, utensils, etc.; an outer covering or wrapper which may in some cases be similar to cans, wrappers or boxes used as packages for many types of dry foods, such as crackers, etc.; and certain methods for securing the sealing means, which are adapted in part from securing methods used for containers of solid and semi-solid foods. The forms disclosed reveal new types of nipples, new means of venting, new means of securing nipples, new caps, new convenience and sanitary features such as orifice pins, etc. Even the practices borrowed from associated arts contribute in special combinations to novel utility. I do not waive any rights to the sole use of any of the novel features or cooperative combinations disclosed. Where standard means have been adopted, the purpose has been to demonstrate the applicability to this invention of certain present techniques, machinery, and materials, adaptable to economical mass production.

The invention provides a package adapted to be filled, sterilized and sealed by a commercial cannery, food preserving industry, or dairy with infant formula which may be dispensed directly without further sterilization, and without compounding or diluting ingredients.

The primary object of this invention is to provide methods by which scientifically balanced liquid infant food in concentrations suitable for direct feeding may be made up in large quantities, purified and packaged under sanitary conditions on modern packaging machinery in portions suitable for single direct feedings without waste, stored, transported, and sold through regular commercial channels, and dispensed directly to infants from the original container.

Another object of this invention is to provide handy, low cost food dispensing packages suitable for manufacture, filling, and sealing on packing machinery similar to that now used for commercial packaging of other foods, the packages to afford all possible convenience to the consumer and all possible sanitary protection to the infant.

An object of this invention is to provide nipple bearing closures for containers, the closures being suitable for economical application to containers by industries processing the food for commercial sale.

An object of this invention i to provide processes and methods for the manufacturing, processing, shipment, storage and sale of liquid infant food in hermetically sealed dispensers.

An object of this invention is to provide dispensing package containing liquid infant food at such low cost that all components may economically be thrown away after a single use.

An object of this invention is toprovide a packaged supply of liquid infant food which, if tampered with, opened or altered will reveal the effect of such tampering in the appearance of the package or of its components.

Further objects and novel features of my invention will become apparent in the balance of the specification and in its claims appended. Following are descriptions of several forms thereof as shown in the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a sectional view of one form of package in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a top view of the container portion of the package shown in Fig. 1, with the wrapper removed and the nipple not in place;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the nipple used with the container shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view in which is shown the manner of assembly of the nipple shown in Fig. 3 to the container shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of another form of package in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 6 is a top view of the can assembly shown as part of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view of another package in accordance with this invention, with the elements shown in the shipping position;

Fig. 8 is a partially cutaway top view of the package shown in Fig. '7, with the external protective covering removed;

Fig. 9 is a full sectional view of the container shown as part of Fig. 7, having the inner closure assembled to it in. the use position;

Fig. 10 is an end view of Fig.7;

Fig. 11 is a bottom View of the container shown in Fig. 7;

Fig. 12 is a fragmentary view of another form of package in accordance with this invention; and

Fig. 13 is a view of the assembly shown in Fig. 12, with the elements arranged in the use position.

Referring now to Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, there is shown a package which has been selected as a vehicle for illustrating a second manner of providing a nipple, this time a separately wrapped nipple 8| enclosed under the outer protective covering 82. The body 83, inner and outer closures 84, and the bottom closure 86 may be formed of a single sheet of organic material such as water proofed paper, fiber, or sheet plastic. The

. bottom closure 86' may befor'me'd lay slittin'gapar't, folding over individually, and cementing together the extensions of the four sides. The other end of the body and the closures 8'4, 85 are formed by pinching together and securing with a staple 88 the uncut extensions of the four sides of the body in a manner similar to the folding of the topof a. partially filled paper bag. The long face 84 thus formed becomes the inner closure, and the outer closure 85 is an extension of the short face 89 and is folded and: inclined downwardly and detachably cemented to the outer face of the inner closure 84". A. perforation 8! is-provideds to permit easy tearing ofi: ofthcouter' closure 85. prior to feeding. Alternatively, the outer closure 85 may be. a. separate. piece: deta'chably cemented: over." the portionof the blank whichforms" the inner closure 84 before the container blank is folded into'shape. The. suspension tab 94 is. a pierced extension of. one of the. bottom closurev plies.

The container is. made. ready for feeding by stripping. the wrapper 82', partly unwrapping the nipple 8! from its wrapper 9'9, tearing: the outer closure 85 off at its performation. 8'1, and. forcing the nipple 8! into the nipple seat liner Bil, as shown in Fig. 4, and then pulling the nipple wrapper 99 completely off the nipple 8|.

Details of the nipple 8I', shown in Figs. 3 and 4, reveal, dual locking flanges 93-, 94, the upper flange 93 being. pushed back as the consumer forces the nipple 8| into the nipple seat liner 90 until the lower flange 94 has been'pu'shed. all the waythrough and the neck 95' is in contact with the sides of the liner 90. The lower flange lid springs outward and locks the nipple BI against return, the upper flange 93 and lower-flange 94 then gripping opposite sides of the inner closure 84, resisting further movement of the nipple BI in either. direction. Any attempt to withdraw it is further resisted by the. nipple seat liner 9% which has a sharp-edge projecting inwardly; lChe nipple- 81 isv of solid construction with only a small diameter tapered hole I90 through it, in order to give extrasupport to the upper and lower locking flanges 93., 9d. Additaments may, of course, be inserted by the consumer before the nipple BI is applied; and venting is provided by means of molded slots Q6, 9 on. the faces of the upper and lower nipple flanges This container may, preferably but. not necessarily, be filled from the nipple end. with liquid. infant food 58 by the processor. Graduation 98. may be provided for usewhen the materialsemployed are transparent or translucent.

I have chosen this particular container as a vehicle, not because of any advantages that the ffolded bag" type of container possesses for the purpose, but in spite of the disadvantages this type of construction places in the way of conversion of the-containerdesign for employment as a nursing device; A nipple closure of the type I have here applied might have been placed alternati'vely at the bottom of this container or in one of the other containers fabricated from organic material and illustrated elsewhere in the specification.

Referring now to Figs. 5 and '6, there is illustrated a commercially marketable liquid infant food dispensing device madeof metal in the shape of the familiar can.

The preferred formof this device employs: seamed sheet metal: construction, departing from.

standard practice certain important respects, that it has mner-andouter closures I49 and HII acme top, the off: center flange: I 12; of: the.

- removed the casing I44, which is a strippable plastic dip'ped coating, permitted' to dry or set in place, and finally removed the: outer closure MI by means of arotary' or other smooth. cutting can opener. The nipple M5, which is; freed by removal of the outer closure I, may then be secured to the off. center flange I42 of. the inner closure I40. A. vent slot. I46 moldedv into the nipple. permits the dispenser tobreathe while the infant is feeding.

Graduations I41, stampednear the. outer rim of the inner closure I40, permit easy determination of. the amountconsumedl by the infant. If the dispenser, with the nipple I removed, is laid on its side with the on center nipple flange Indirectly abovetheaxisof the container, and is then rotated, the food. will. eventually tend to spill out if appreciable: amounts are present. (A, transparent plastic nipple would not require removal for visual observation.) The numbered graduation nearest. the surface'upon which the dispenser is resting. indicates the amount in ounces remaining at the instant the surface of the liquid becomes visible atv the periphery of the center flange. I42.

The bottom closure I48 has an integral suspension tab I49 atits edge, the tab being folded alongside the body I50 under. the. casing I44 during shipment.

Referring now to Figs. 7,8, 9, 10 and 11, there is illustrated a commercially marketable liquid infant food dispensing device, the body I8I and base I82 of. which are of one piece and are especially adapted. to be blown" from glass or other ceramic material or to be molded from rigid plastic materials.

It will be seen that the outer closure I83 is an orthodox type of "gasketed metal cap similar in some respects to types of caps used for seal-- ing preserved fruits, jellies, etc, in glass containers at present. The inner closure I84, accessible after the outer closure" I83 has been removed, fits the inside wall ofthemouth I86 and is of novel design in that it is gasketed at its outside edge I85, instead of internally (as with the outer closure I83), in order to adapt it to fit the inside of the bottle mouth I86. The inner closure I84 is provided with a lift tab I31, spotwelded or otherwise secured to it, so that the consumer may pry on the inner closure use with a spoonhandle or knife blade in a manner similar to that used in removing the outer cap.

The flange I88 of the nipple I92 is crimped securely tethe upturned central flange of the inner closure I8'4, awaterproofed seal made of paper, plastic, or foil being. positioned so as to cover the ball of the nipple I92 and to be interposed between. the fiangel I88 of the nipple and the inner closure I84, and crimped there securely.

The consumer warms the device, removes the outside wrapper I90, pries off successively the outer and inner closures [83 and I84, inserts such additaments' as? may be: prescribed by the infantsphysi'biam.inverts the innenclosure I 84,

Referring now to Figs. 12 and 13, I have illustrated a dispenser, the body 24], base (not shown) and inner closure 243 of which are especially adapted to be blown in one piece from glass or other ceramic materials or from rigid plastic materials. a

This container employs a modification of the screw type outer closure 244, such as is often used for sealing commercially packaged foods in glass containers. The body 24l has a threaded neck 253 to which the outer closure 244 is secured.

The containerhas an integral inwardly necked inner closure 243 of sharply reduced diameter, the annular space enclosed between the inner closure 243 and the outer closure 244 being utilized as storage space for a nipple 245 during shipment of the container.

An auxiliary closure 246, preferably made of waterproofed material or of paper plus a foil liner, covers the mouth of the inner closure 243. The nipple 245 as illustrated employs cemented 2 piece construction. The lower portion 241 is of more or less solid construction with a through hole 248 of small diameter. The vent is a longitudinal molded slot 249 on the lower portion 24? where it fits the container. The upper portion 256, of thin material, is cemented or vulcanized to the lower portion 241.

The wrapper 25E is of orthodox construction.

The consumer warms the container, removes the wrapper 25!, unscrews the outer closure 244, lifts on the auxiliary closure 246, inserts any desired additaments, forces the lower portion 248 of the nipple into the inner closure 243; and the container is read for feedin to the infant.

Owing to the nature of organic materials presently employed in the construction of disposable milk containers and to the type of joints employed in such containers, it is generally advisable to plan only on short term refrigerated storage for such containers when filled, since at normal temperatures, the containers, which are generally incapable of maintaining hermetic sealing of their contents, particularly when roughly handled, permit bacteria to enter, causing the milk to sour. Accordingly no attempt is usually made to sterilize milk (as distinguished from pasteurize) which would spoil anyway in these containers. The reasons do not lie in the inability of the industry to manufacture permanent storage food containers, but rather in the view of the industry that the extra advantages of the latter type of container do not outweigh its additional cost.

Recognizing this fact and recognizing also that many well equipped municipal dairies can, without major installation cost, supply wholesome pasteurized food, I have provided dispenser constructions within the scope of this invention adapted for manufacture from organic materials, which, even without improvement in the classes of materials presently adapted for use in this industry, will serve with refrigerated handling 8'. as excellent combination shipping containers and feeding dispensers.

The dispensers made of organic materials (and also those of metal or glass) may be filled with properly pasteurized food instead of sterilized food, and, if proper refrigeration is provided, can be expected to keep it in wholesome condition at least-as long as present containers can preserve pasteurized milk.

The dispensers made of organic material are illustrative of some of the possible variations in nipple closure and of methods of application of this invention to various types of expendable commercial vessels made of various materials and produced on difierent types of machinery. Some of the permissible variations in the methods of application of wrappers and outer closures as well as nipple closures have-been shown in connection with the individual alternative forms.

The primary purpose of selecting the dispensers remaining in the application is to demonstrate the applicability of all of the major classifications of packaging materials to the invention to which this application is now confined, that of dispensers having nipples stored in a special position.

All containers in accordance with my invention carry outward protection not necessarily employed in present food containers. This protection is for the absolutely necessary purpose of presenting to the infant clean container surface uncontaminated by dirt or by germs deposited in handling. It is not for the purpose of adding another feature. In most cases this protection is accomplished by means of wrappers and outer closures, requiring in some instances additional machinery and equipment not presently employed in the construction of corresponding commercial containers. Similar machinery, insofar as the wrappers generally are concerned, is now employed in the packaging of foods, soaps, cigarets, etc. In some cases my outer closures bear general resemblance to present single closures. In others the outer closures may be novel. Nipples and small parts associated with my containers will of course require additional equipment for manufacture.

Containers similar in some respects to some of those disclosed herein, but lacking the nipple closures and other features essential to direct baby feeding which I have provided, have been used for any years for preserving other foods. This invention accomplishes a heretofore unattained goal through various relatively simple means, which after disclosure may appear obvious, and definitely points out the direction in which almost any type of commercial container of suitable size and shape can be modified for use in a dispenser.

It is not intended to lay down hard and fast rules for compounding liquid infant food. Milk, when used as a base, should be properly modified as to percentage of its constituents, curds should be broken down or homogenized to render it digestible, and it is desirable to provide also certain vitamins, minerals, and extracts of other foods to make up for the deficiences of ordinary milk as a diet for infants.

It will be seen that many of the forms of this invention shown have certain features in common, notably that, to representative types of commercial shipping containers used for moist and liquid foods and suitably modified in design for the purpose and functioning intended, I have added an inexpensive nipple, forming all or part oi aspecialinner closure, under an outer closure sometimes-similar to the single closures commonlyused with these containers, and have provided' external protection for the containers.

Thecontainer forms-shown may be made, filled, sterilized, closed and packaged cheaply at the processors plant by methods and machinery currently used for manufacture and filling of containers widely used by canning and dairy industries. Certainmodifications of these methods and machinery are necessary; but the modifications are, relatively slight and the extra materials inexpensive when compared with the overall- -cost of packaging and handling.

All of the forms shown are disposable, in that the cost of collecting, cleaning, and preparing them for reuse would normally be greater than theextremel-y low first cost-of the container. It is'conceivable that the glasscontainers alone, exelusive of accessories, could be salvaged and cleaned for reuse as in the present practice with 7 milk bottles, but this is not considered an important object; and it is felt that the food will be; more generally acceptable if presented in brand new containers.

The general forms of nipple assembly closure and enclosure are shown applied to representative containersof metal, glass, and organicmaterials, not for the purpose of including a multiplicity of forms, but primarily to demonstrate that the types of nipple assembly revealed are not. restricted to certain limited applications depending upon the container selected or the material of which it is made.

The forms shown are not susceptible of complete disassembly, cleaning, reassembly, and reuse for the same purpose without replacement of rescaling of some parts, differing in this respect from ordinary nursing bottles. In every case at least 2 parts, including the external protective covering andgenerally the outer closure and/or the nipple, either depend for their performance upon the fact that they are deformed, stressed, soldered, or cemented to provide a competent closure or are susceptible of being rendered unfit for permitting their reuse by the opening operation performed by the consumer. Even if, through use of extra care, certain types of closure may be undamaged by removal, cleaning and careful inspection for reuse would be uneconomical and might defeat in part the general purpose of the invention, which is to provide the consumer with a reliable, uniform, nourishing baby feeding formula, produced under the best attainable conditions of cleanliness and handily packaged, in order to eliminate present nuisances and-more important-present hazardsin baby feeding, the chief of which is considered to be the danger of food contamination.

However, the storage limitations of containers, made of organic materials and filled with perishable food, are not peculiar to the application thereto of nipples and special forms of closures (as demonstrated by the other forms of the invention). The limitations are inherent in the properties af materials presently used for these types of containers and in the practices of the milk cartoning industry. If impervious materials are employed, if better sealing of the joints is accomplished and if inspection is improved, these types of containers may yet reach the stage where sterilized food products may be expected to keep for long periods in them.

While there have been shown and described what are at present considered to be the preferred formsofthisinvention, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, and combinations maybe made therein without departing from the true scope of this invention; and it is accordingly intended in the appended claims to cover such equivalents as may fall within the true scopeof the invention and without the; prior art. Therefore I claim: 1. A dispenser forstoring, shipping, and dis pensing liquid infant food, said dispenser comprising a body portion, a nipple portion, and a closure portion fully covering said nipple portion, body portion containing a supply of liquid i fant food he in a d. os ort n heme nseparable r m sai packa e. witho e d f .ng said package and closure useless for hand re.- assembly Without aids.

2. A package for commerce comprising: a con,-

tainer, said centainer. having therein, a supply of liquid infant food, said container being initially closed by an. emen ov b herefmm. said packa ein .inqa abl oi n ac reassem y y a i h u extr nee s mean te di assembly of s emen n pp e m an ini ia ly not in co tac i h sai fo by reas n f th i e position o ai emeni. s d nippl in initia y onunc qna l t aid con teiner b r a n o e Pr e c f a de m nt. d n l b i g a a le f func i n men t i con a ne u n the mineral of aid e ement; and outer covering means cooperative with said container and fully covering said nipple means and said element.

3. A package as in claim 2, said outer covering means being hermetically sealed to said container.

4. A package as in claim 2, said container having a suspension member situated at the end opposite said element, whereby said container may be positioned in a substantially inverted manner from an extraneous device for the feeding of a recumbent infant.

5. A package for commerce comprising: a container holding a supply of liquid infant food therein, said container having an opening; an inner closure for said container secured inelastically thereto; nipple means adapted to fit said container at said opening when said inner closure is removed; and an outer closure, said outer closure having been assembled over said nipple by forming said outer closure beyond its elastic limit, causing said outer closure to grip said container and to resist disassembly therefrom by hand without the use of extraneous tools.

6. A package for commerce comprising: a container holding a supply of liquid infant food therein; said container having an opening; an inner closure initially closing said opening; nipple means adapted for spanning said opening when said inner closure has been disabled by an opening process; and an outer closure, said outer closure having been assembled over said nipple and said inner closure, said outer closure being incapable of intact removal and reapplication by the unaided hand.

'7. A package for commerce comprising: a container having a supply of liquid infant food therein, said container having a mouth; a closure external to the mouth of said container, said closure being not removable from said container by .the unaided hand alone except with destructive deformation thereof, and a nursing nipple situated under said closure.

8. A package for commerce comprising: a container having a supply of liquid infant food therein, said container having an opening at one end thereof, sealed by a member, said member being incapable of removal and intact replacement by hand without destruction of the integrity of said member as a seal; a nipple adapted to be positioned for feeding over the said opening; and external covering means fully enclosing said nipple and member within said package.

9. A package comprising: a container fabricated from sheet material, said container having a supply of liquid infant food therein and walls enclosing same, said container having an opening in the wall at one end thereof; a detachable closure element initially closing said opening; and a nipple, said nipple having a passageway therethrough, a tip end adapted to fit the mouth of an infant and a base end having a reentrant mounting portion, said reentrant portion having oppositely projecting annular walls adapted to grip said container around said opening when said closure element has been removed.

10. A package comprising: a container having a supply of liquid infant food therein and walls enclosing same, said container having an aperture in the wall at the upper end thereof; a detachable closing element initially closing said aperture; a nipple, said nipple having a passageway therethrough, a tip end adapted to fit the mouth of an infant and a base end adapted to fit over said aperture when said detachable closing element has been removed; and outer closure means external to both said nipple and said detachable closing element, said outer closure means being adapted to be destructibly removed. whereby access is provided to said closing element and said nipple.

JOHN J. HORAN.

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1. A DISPENSER FOR STORING, SHIPPING, AND DISPENSING LIQUID INFANT FOOD, SAID DISPENSER COMPRISING A BODY PORTION, A NIPPLE, PORTION, AND A CLOSURE PORTION FULLY CONVERING A SUPPLY OF LIQUID SAID BODY PORTION CONTAINING A SUPPLY OF LIQUID INFANT FOOD THEREIN, SAID CLOSURE PORTION BEING INSEPARABLE FROM SAID PACKAGE WITHOUT RENDERING SAID PACKAGE AND CLOSURE USELESS FOR HAND REASSEMBLY WITHOUT AIDS. 